The former Green Party chair, Ricarda Lang, has sharply criticized the CDU’s chancellor candidate, Friedrich Merz, for his intention to seek the approval of the AfD and BSW for his migration policy proposals in the Bundestag, if necessary.
“Friedrich Merz is playing Russian roulette with the democratic stability in Germany”she told the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”. “Last week, he made his party leadership dependent on the existence of a wall against the AfD. This week, he is dismantling this wall single-handedly, if he announces that he will bring his migration plans through the Bundestag with the AfD, if necessary. Next week, he must prove whether his promises are worth anything or if he is willing to take the Austrian path and pacts with right-wing extremists.”
Lang added: “I demand that Friedrich Merz keep his word, no cooperation with the AfD. And I appeal to all reasonable people in the CDU who want to keep their party in the democratic center: Stop this madness.